Between "Macondo" and Barranquilla. The Italians in the Colombian Caribbean. From the ends of 19th Century to the Second World War

This essay examines the case of the Italian immigration in the Colombian Caribbean region between the ends of the nineteen century to the Second World War. The analysis of the Italian and Colombian sources of different nature- bibliographic, documents files, literary, iconographies, oral- let to...

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Autor Principal: Cappelli, Vittorio
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
eng
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2014
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/memoysociedad/article/view/8120
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Sumario: This essay examines the case of the Italian immigration in the Colombian Caribbean region between the ends of the nineteen century to the Second World War. The analysis of the Italian and Colombian sources of different nature- bibliographic, documents files, literary, iconographies, oral- let to reconstruct the experiences of the Italian community in Barranquilla and in other areas as the banana plantation region as Calabria, Basilicata, and Campania and with an urban character which had an emphasis in the business activity, being composed by artisans and small rural owners, who were often political guided. Between the two world wars, the socialist inspiration of many immigrants were in conflict with the fascist organization project of the established Italians abroad, while their social upgrade- in craft, trade and industry-open many times the way to attaches to the freemasonry and contributes in an special way to modernize the reception zones.